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On Friday, September 5, the students all headed down to the cafetorium. There was a special guest speaker coming to our school to talk about defeating bullying. This special speaker turned out to be more than we thought he would be. He taught with positive words and examples. His name was Josh Drean.
Josh started out by teaching students the rules of being a mascot. When he was younger he was Cosmo for BYU. He showed a few clips and he shared a few stories about his life as a mascot, and mistakes he had made. He then called up three students to the stage.
In the first assembly Ryker Jenkins, Alexys Griggs, and Andrew Dore all went up there. Josh had all the students put on mascot costumes so they could experience what it is like to be a mascot. He explained that part of being a mascot is helping people feel included. Ryker had to ask Alexys to dance. He tried with the invisible rope, but Alexys did not budge. He then pulled her on to the “dance floor”. When he had to do it again with music he asked politely, and they slow danced. The audience was cracking up at Ryker and his angry bird mascot head.
In the second assembly Josh Drean called up Jared Buhler, Kaitlyn Gee, and Cordon Nuttal. This time Jared had the angry bird mascot head. When he had to ask Kaitlyn to dance he took off his tie, slung it around her shoulders and walked her onto the dance floor, and spun her a couple of times. Again the audience was cracking up.
After Josh Drean had dismissed them he showed us a few extraordinary talents that he has. He had great skills beatboxing, and played the harmonica. At one point he beatboxed with his harmonica. “My favorite part was the chicken beatbox,” said Nikkita Cooke, a student who was at the first assembly.
Logan Herrick, another student at SJHS, also said, “I liked it because he was funny, and I loved Jared’s dancing with his tie.”
Mrs. Droz, a counselor at SJHS, said, “ It was a big success and everyone seemed to enjoy it.”
In this positive atmosphere, students were taught about defeating bullying positively, and standing up for eachother. Just like students were taught last year, he wanted to impress on us to be an ally.
Josh Drean ended with an acronym. R.E.P: Resilient, Empathy, Potential. He played his harmonica and beatboxed one last time, and that was the end of a very uplifting fun assembly.